Endgame chess tactic

White to move. How should White proceed?

1n6/2n1K3/Rp6/1P5k/1P6/1P6/8/8 w - - 0 1

Chess as Social Initiative of the Year in Ukraine

Chess as Social Initiative of the Year in Ukraine
Friday, 11 April 2014 10:09

The All-Ukrainian Charity Foundation "Chess for Children" was declared "Social Initiative of the Year" at the national award ceremony “Sport Stars – 2013” in Ukraine 

On the 6th of April 2014 the International Day of Sport for Development and Peace was celebrated for the first time in Ukraine. The Day was launched at the General Assembly of the United Nations on the 23rd of August 2013. To celebrate this day in April 2014 the Sport Committee of Ukraine organized festive ceremony “Sport Stars of the Year” for awarding the best sport personalities in 2013.

In the nomination “Social Initiative of the Year" the winner became the All-Ukrainian Charity Foundation "Chess for Children". The Founder and President of the Foundation WIM Olena Boytsun received an award and expressed confidence that the UCF “Chess for Children” together with the Sport Committee of Ukraine and the Ukrainian Chess Federation will continue to implement the projects of the charitable program in the future. Olena also empasized the great work for popularization of sport in Ukraine that is done by the President of the Sport Committee Ilya Shevlyak and his team.

Honorary guests of the ceremony were the President of the Sport Committee of Ukraine Ilya Shevlyak, the First Deputy Minister of Youth and Sport Andrei Vyshnyak, the President of the National Paralympic Committee Valery Sushkevych, Vice-President of the National Olympic Committee Viktor Korzh, famous athletes and sport managers. The ceremony took place at the National Olympic Area in Kyiv.

Photos from the award ceremony are at
https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.488558957943267.1073741842.241964169269415&type=1

The All-Ukrainian Charity Foundation “Chess for Children” was founded in Ukraine in November 2012 by WIM Olena Boytsun. The primary purpose of the Foundation activity is to discover the potential of every child through engaging children into a game of chess and to promote chess and healthy lifestyle in the society. In 2013 the Foundation ran 7 projects and implemented 20 events all over Ukraine.

The following projects can be outlined in particular:

The project “Chess Ukraine” supports establishing new chess clubs and schools all over Ukraine as well as providing consultations, chess equipment and literature etc. The cooperation with the regional centers in order to develop children chess in the regions is also part of the project activities. The greatest attention is attracted by a new modern chess club and chess school for children in Krivoy Rog. It was launched in 2013 with the support of the UCF "Chess for Children”. Currently, the school has more than 200 children. At the local art square near the club the highest in the world 5 meter tall chess marble piece is situated.

The “Chess Holiday” project suggests that the Foundation organizes entertaining festivals and events for popularization of chess in the community. For example, in July 2013 the Chess Day Celebration together with the Ukrainian Chess Federation and the Sport Committee of Ukraine took place. During the event young chess players had a chance to show their knowledge of the game of chess by solving quizzes and chess problems, playing blitz games and so on. All together in 2013 the Foundation “Chess for Children” organized 8 chess holidays in Kyiv, Lviv, Dnipropetrovsk and Krivoy Rog.

The project “Award named after Evgeniy Sozonov” is the private national annual award that was established by the Foundation in 2013 with the aim of supporting talented children aged between 10 to 15 years old, who show good results in both chess and school studies. In 2013 the Award was provided for the first time and the winner became Karina Skorobagatko (13 years, Kyiv). In total 38 applications from all over Ukraine was received. In order to announce the establishment of the Award named after Evgeniy Sozonov and to popularize chess in Ukraine in April 2013 the first female advanced chess match was played in Kyiv between the 12th Women World Champion GM Anna Ushenina and the President of the “Chess for Children” Foundation WIM Olena Boytsun. The match ended in a draw and attracted a lot of interest from the community and press.

The project “Chess Competitions” aims at organizing and supporting chess competitions among children in Ukraine as well as providing possibilities for participation in tournaments. In September 2013 in Dnipropetrovsk the chess tournament “Cup of the UCF “Chess for Children” took place. The event brought together 125 participants 14 year old and younger from all over Ukraine. The winners of the event as well as winners in many different categories received prizes and gifts from the Foundation, for example, tablets and e-books. In November 2013 96 players from Ukraine competed in the Ukrainian National Championship among children chess schools and clubs. The winning teams brought for their schools valuable gifts, including laptops and digital cameras.

The "Literary chess" project of the Foundation develops and distributes free books to children with the rules of the game of chess, made in an entertaining style, in order to engage children to play chess. In 2013 the Foundation took part at the Lviv Book Forum and the Frankfurter Book Exhibition with the presentation of the book “Babish Gilzi plays chess” by Olena Boytsun.

Photo-overview of the activities of the UCF “Chess for Children” 2012-2013 in English can be found athttps://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/46750198/2013-ReportsChessforChildren/2013-PhotoOverview-ChessforChildren-eng.pdf

The Charitable program of the All-Ukrainian Charity Foundation for 2013-2015 can be found athttp://chessforchildren.org or at the web-site of the Ukrainian Chess Federation http://ukrchess.org.ua (the English version of the program will follow during April 2014).

Webster U Junior GM Meier to represent Germany at Tromsø Olympiad

Germany set for Chess Olympiad in Tromsø
Apr 11, 2014

German national captain GM Dorian Rogozenco has nominated the teams for the 41st Chess Olympiad in Tromsø, Norway.

The men’s team will consist of GM Arkadij Naiditsch (Elo 2706), GM Liviu-Dieter Nisipeanu (Elo 2686), GM Georg Meier (Elo 2636), GM Daniel Fridman (Elo 2616) and GM David Baramidze (Elo 2610).

In the women’s team are IM Elisabeth Pähtz (Elo 2440), WGM Tatjana Melamed (Elo 2389), WGM Zoya Schleining (Elo 2370), WGM Melanie Ohme (Elo 2347) and WGM Sarah Hoolt (Elo 2330).

GM Liviu-Dieter Nisipeanu is the newcomer in the team, having completed the transfer from the Romanian Chess Federation. Last year Nisipeanu helped the team as a coach. He stated that – “Playing for Germany is a dream that finally comes true! I am very excited”.

Michael Woltmann, Vizepräsident Verbandsentwicklung

Tiviakovs wins KL International, 2nd GM for young Aravindh

KL Open: It’s Three Times in a Row for Tiviakov
Apr 11, 2014

Sergei Tiviakov and Aravindh Chithambaram drew their game after three hours of play, a result that confirmed that Tiviakov would successfully defend his title and in doing so become a three time winner of the KL International Open.

But for young Chithambaram, it was also a fantastic result as with the draw the 14 year old IM-elect remained unbeaten and also achieved his second GM title norm.

So in first place is Tiviakov with 7/9, and in second to eighth places on 6.5/9 are Chithambaram, the also unbeaten M.K. Venkatesh, Nguyen Duc Hoa, Dzhumaev Marat, Haridas Pascua, Nguyen Anh Dung and Andika Pitra.

For Pascua, this result was his third and final norm to complete the requirements of International Master while for Pitra it was his second International Master title norm.

Tournament website

Many players will continue the Asian tour by participating in the 14th Bangkok Chess Club Open.

La vérité éclate : un accès de franchise de la Banque d’Angleterre démolit les bases théoriques de l’austérité. (The Guardian)

L’argent n’est qu’une reconnaissance de dette...

On dit que dans les années 1930, Henry Ford aurait fait remarquer que c’était une bonne chose que la plupart des Américains ne savent pas comment fonctionne réellement le système bancaire, parce que s’ils le savaient, « il y aurait une révolution avant demain matin ».

La semaine dernière, il s’est passé quelque chose de remarquable. La Banque d’Angleterre a vendu la mèche. Dans un document intitulé « La création de l’argent dans l’économie moderne », co-écrit par trois économistes de la Direction de l’Analyse Monétaire de la banque, ces derniers ont déclaré catégoriquement que les hypothèses les plus courantes sur le fonctionnement du système bancaire sont tout simplement fausses, et que les positions plus populistes, plus hétérodoxes qui sont généralement associées à des groupes comme Occupy Wall Street, sont correctes. Ce faisant, ils ont jeté aux orties les bases théoriques de l’austérité.

Suite de l'article »

Hou Yifan leads Women's Grand Prix by a full point after 3 rounds

http://khantymansiysk2014.fide.com

11th annual SPF Girls' Invitational - Additional prizes for World Youth Qualifiers

Rules & Conditions for the 11th Annual Susan Polgar Foundation Girls' Invitational
(Over $200K in prizes and scholarships)
July 10 – 15, 2014 at Webster University (St. Louis, Missouri)

Webster University will provide complimentary room and meal accommodation on campus for all qualifiers!

The annual Susan Polgar Girls’ Invitational, in its 11th year, is the most prestigious all-girls event in the United States. It will once again be held at Webster University (St. Louis, Missouri).

• There will be an intense training session with Susan Polgar and members of the SPICE team, followed by a 6 round (g/90+30) FIDE rated championship tournament.

• The traditional Blitz, Puzzle Solving, Bughouse events will stay the same as in previous years.

• There will be many chess prizes awarded, as well as scholarships to Webster University.

Each state is allowed one representative to be nominated by May 20, 2014. Official representative alternates may be substituted no later than June 15. (Susan Polgar and/or the Polgar Committee may allow the host state to enter an additional qualified player.) Susan Polgar and/or the Polgar Committee may allow exceptions to the May 20 entry/alternate deadline. Should the state affiliate fail to respond to the notice for this tournament, Susan Polgar and/or the Polgar Committee may determine the candidate from that state.

Players must have been enrolled in a school (up to 12th grade) located in the state they represent, also of the year in which the tournament is held. Home-schooled students who are under the age of 19 on July 10th of the year in which the event is held or students who have never attended college on a full time basis prior to June 1 of the year in which the tournament is held, are eligible to represent the state in which they reside.

Exception: If a player graduates from high school early and is already attending college, she may still represent her state if nominated. This is the decision of each state affiliate.

VERY IMPORTANT NOTE: The participants of the Susan Polgar Girl’s Invitational DO NOT have to be high school students. Any qualifier under the age of 19 (by July 10th of the year in which the tournament is held) is eligible!

Special invitation for this year only: All past participants of the SPNI and SPFGI (Susan Polgar National Invitational/Susan Polgar Foundation Girls’ Invitational 2004-2013) are invited to participate in the 2014 SPFGI. The idea is to have the past participants learn my method of training so they can go back home and share their knowledge with the younger players. However, registration MUST be made ASAP since space is limited. There will be mutual training sessions for all, however separate section & prizes for alumni participants over the age of 19.

Players are required to furnish the organizer an emergency phone number and the e-mail address of a parent/guardian.

There is no entry fee to participate in the 2014 SPFGI; however, players are responsible for their own travel. For all state representatives, and qualifiers from the SPNO or SPWO, Webster University will provide complimentary room and meal accommodation on campus.

For alumni participants, wild card/special invites, coaches, parents, or other family members, inexpensive accommodations are available for housing and dining on Webster’s campus. Please note that all reservations and registrations MUST be made (and accommodation expenses prepaid) no later than June 15, 2014.

Prizes: Trophies / plaques will be awarded to the winners of the Susan Polgar Foundation Girl’s Invitational Puzzle Solving, Blitz, and the SPFGI Championship. Co-champions are recognized in the case of a tie, with each champion receiving a Champion’s Plaque or Trophy.

The Champion (or Co-Champions) of the main event will automatically be invited to defend her/their title (must meet age requirement).

Champion: Webster University scholarship* (approximately $24,000+ per year x 4 years) Champion's Cup. (In case of a tie, a playoff will used to determine the level of scholarships)

2nd place: Webster University scholarship (approximately $14,000+ per year x 4 years)

3rd place: Webster University scholarship (approximately $12,000+ per year x 4 years)

Brand new additional prizes this year!

Top under 16: $1,000 scholarship to help defray expenses to the 2014 World Youth (if participating**)

Top under 14: $1,000 scholarship to help defray expenses to the 2014 World Youth (if participating**)

Top under 12: $1,000 scholarship to help defray expenses to the 2014 World Youth (if participating**)

Top under 10: $1,000 scholarship to help defray expenses to the 2014 World Youth (if participating**)

* The scholarships to Webster University must be exercised no later than Fall of 2017, and are not transferable. In addition, these scholarships cannot be combined with other academic scholarships, or stacked. If players won scholarships in past events, they can choose to exercise the highest one.

** After flight ticket has been purchased, a $1,000 reimbursement check will be sent to the winners.

The Polgar Committee’s goal is to have all 50 states (including two representatives for California, two for Texas, and two for Missouri) and the District of Columbia represented. We strongly encourage each state and the District of Columbia affiliate to hold a scholastic championship tournament to determine each state’s champion and representative. Failing this, rating criteria may be acceptable. A scholastic girls’ champion or the highest rated girls’ scholastic player in a state who has no state affiliate of the USCF should contact the Polgar Committee as soon as possible.

Susan Polgar and/or the Polgar Committee and its members may elect to award a limited number of wild cards each year for the Susan Polgar Girl’s Invitational.

Special qualifying events: The Polgar Committee will award automatic qualifying spots to the reigning winners in each section of the annual Susan Polgar NO for Girls (New Orleans) and the Susan Polgar World Open for Girls (Chicago).

The SPFGI Chairperson is Martha Underwood (AZ).

NOTICE TO ALL STATE OFFICIALS: Please send the nomination from your state to the Polgar Committee (PolgarCommittee@gmail.com).

Contact info: Polgar Committee (PolgarCommittee@gmail.com)

The Susan Polgar Foundation can be contacted at 806-281-7424 or through info@PolgarFoundation.org.

Open Letter of Georgian Chess Federation

Open letter

To:

The ECU board members,
The National Chess Federations of European Continent
The ECU Secretariat
The FIDE Secretariat

Dear Friends,

We would like to draw your attention to some important issues:

As each and everyone of you, we also do our best in order to popularize chess throughout the country, to promote its development and make it one of the most prominent sport activities! Therefore, we have done a lot recently, such as:

1. Annual budget of Georgian Chess Federation reached an unprecedented figure of one million Euros;
2. Georgia will host the top class Women’s Grand Prix (June) and Youth European Championships (October);
3. Last year, with the governmental support of 250000 Euros Tbilisi International Chess Academy started operations;
4. Created five years state program for the development of Georgian Chess Federation, which is in examination process by Georgian Government;
5. In 2015, Georgia will host World Chess Olympiad under 16;
6. In 2016, Nona Gaprindashvili 75th anniversary will be proceeded by World Championship under 8-10-12;

According to all above mentioned, our federation has an ambition to seek farther opportunities. Therefore, Georgian Chess Federation and Ministry of Sport and Youth Affairs of Georgia met with great enthusiasm the idea of holding World Cup 2017 and World Chess Olympiad 2018 in Georgia, proposed by FIDE President Mr. Kirsan Ilyumzhinov during his visit in Tbilisi, Georgia in 2013. Thereafter, the tedious work started in the field of budgeting issues of the chess boards.

As a result of our commitment and energy Georgian Government allocated unprecedented amount of money (14 462 500 Euros) from the state budget for holding both above mentioned competitions.

We prepared a BID and presented it to the FIDE Secretariat with the accordance to all the necessary standards and procedures.

One can imagine how surprised we were when heard that FIDE Presidential Board, held on March 30 in Khanty-Mansiysk, extended the BID application deadline until April 15. However, drawing from the global chess interests to hold the best possible chess Olympiad 2018, we decided not to protest, but to adapt to the decision made by the FIDE officials.

We are certain that we’ve done everything to host the top class Olympiad and established equal living and playing conditions of European standards for each and every federation.

When we first heard about Mr. Danailov’s puzzle released on his tweeter page we hoped that he would reveal the plans and secrets of FIDE leaders because as he was the representative of our European continent at the FIDE Presidential board meeting.

“Silvio Danailov @SilvioDanailov Apr 7
Chess puzzle of the day: Why Makro&friends “FIDE PB” illegally extended the deadline for submitting bids for the 2018 Olympiad to April 15th?”

Unfortunately, we were disappointed with the answer. We have not received any support from Mr. Danailov, but we discovered that president of the ECU (whose primary responsibility is to support and protect the interests of the European National Federations) openly supports 12 million USD bid of South Africa against Georgia’s 20 million USD bid.

Silvio Danailov @SilvioDanailov Apr 7
So far there are two official bids, the one from South Africa being a clear favorite. But they are opposition and need to receive a lesson

Silvio Danailov @SilvioDanailov Apr 7
That’s why Makro&friends are preparing a new bid from Africa in order to provoke mess,grab some African votes& try to spoil SA bid #smart

Besides, it should be noted that Georgian Chess Federation has done its best to support Mr. Danailov’s candidature to the ECU Presidential elections 2010 and helped him to overcome the crisis connected with the Women’s European Championship in 2011 with holding one of the successful tournament in Tbilisi, Georgia.

Apart from all above mentioned we also found out that despite Georgian Arbiters’ high qualifications none of them represented in the Tromso Olympiad Arbiters list sent by Mr. Danailov to FIDE.

Nevertheless, due to the fact that Mr. Zurab Azmaiparashvili runs for ECU Presidential elections, we once again preferred not to respond to those unacceptable acts and tried to understand the political motivation of Mr. Danailov’s decision.

Finally, we saw the official answer on FIDE website to the Danailov’s Puzzle (http://www.fide.com/component/content/article/1-fide-news/7884-2018-olympiad.html) and found out that he attempted to mislead the world chess community by representing the situation as if everyone except himself was guilty. We would like to ask a rhetorical question to the ECU President: what is Mr. Danailov’s aim of abolishing the ECU regulations and supporting the South African bid.

Georgian Chess Federation is asking the honorable members of the ECU board:
1. To discuss and assess the facts of misleading Chess Society, abolishing our regulations and make appropriate and reasonable decision.
2. To support Georgian bid as the best one.

Sincerely,
GM Giorgi Giorgadze
President of GCF

Chess Queen Hou Yifan unstoppable at Women's Grand Prix

Round 3 results

2 GM Ushenina Anna 2501 ½ - ½ GM Kosteniuk Alexandra 2527 12
3 GM Zhao Xue 2552 1 – 0 GM Stefanova Antoaneta 2489 1
4 WGM Girya Olga 2450 ½ - ½ WGM Muminova Nafisa 2321 11
5 GM Muzychuk Anna 2560 ½ - ½ GM Lagno Kateryna 2543 10
6 GM Hou Yifan 2618 1 – 0 GM Dzagnidze Nana 2550 9
7 GM Kosintseva Tatiana 2496 ½ - ½ WGM Batchimeg Tuvshintugs 2340 8

http://khantymansiysk2014.fide.com

Dubai Chess Open 2014 LIVE!

Carlsen visited Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology

World Champion Magnus Carlsen visited Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology on 8th April to meet the students and guests and to give a simultaneous exhibition.

The event was organized by Runa Capital fund, Phystech-Union and Sberbank Technologies, with the purpose to give an opportunity to talented students to meet the World Chess Champion and to mark a new stage in the development of IT cluster at MIPT.

After the Q&A session hosted by Tina Kandelaki at the MIPT Concert Hall, the World Champion proceeded to play a simul against 13 students.

GM Sergey Shipov provided live commentary of the games.

Aisa Imeeva, Sergey Trofimov and Arman Geyvondyan held their own against Carlsen to secure three draws for the MIPT crowd.

“I am glad that I had such worthy opponents. The students played very well and in some games it was not easy for me to save myself. Right now they just lack experience, they play the middlegame well, but they cannot conclude a successful game with a victory. It comes with experience,” Carlsen said after the exhibition.

Photo gallery

Russian Team Championship LIVE!

Restez débranchés ! - Épisode 5 - Terrorisme et Printemps Arabes

Source: Wat Ari

Women's Grand Prix LIVE!

Attacking chess tactic

White to move. What is the best continuation for White?

1rb2rqk/7p/4p1p1/3pP3/2p3QN/p2B1R2/P4PPP/6K1 w - - 0 1

Women's Grand Prix round 3

Round 3 pairings

2 GM Ushenina Anna 2501 - GM Kosteniuk Alexandra 2527 12
3 GM Zhao Xue 2552 - GM Stefanova Antoaneta 2489 1
4 WGM Girya Olga 2450 - WGM Muminova Nafisa 2321 11
5 GM Muzychuk Anna 2560 - GM Lagno Kateryna 2543 10
6 GM Hou Yifan 2618 - GM Dzagnidze Nana 2550 9
7 GM Kosintseva Tatiana 2496 - WGM Batchimeg Tuvshintugs 2340 8

Official website: http://khantymansiysk2014.fide.com

13 year old to compete in US Women's Championship

On Chess: 13 Year Old To Vie For U.S. Women’s Championship
By BRIAN JERAULD

Apparently, the U.S. “Women’s” Chess Championship is a description that gets more liberal by the year.

Where last season’s national title fight featured Dallas’ Sarah Chiang - 15 at the time - this year’s will feature Ashritha Eswaran, a 13-year-old National Master out of San Jose, Calif. Over the weekend, Eswaran accepted the invitation as the wildcard to the 2014 event, rounding out the 10-player field. The tournament will take place May 7 through May 20 at the Chess Club and Scholastic Center of St. Louis in the Central West End.

Eswaran won’t be the youngest-ever in the nation’s most-prestigious women’s tournament - that record is held byreigning champion GM Irina Krush, who entered as an 11 year old in 1995 - but her meteoric rise to the top ranks is making footnotes. Picking up chess as a 7 year old might be considered “late” for most of the groomed chess-elite, and Eswaran even spent the first year of her career just hanging around with the other kids. An averagely decent 650 rating is usually just good enough to earn the attention of your parents - and thank goodness it did.

At the start of 2010, the then 9-year-old began her first private lessons, and they worked on the girl like Miracle Gro. By the next January, her rating had doubled to 1300, then she leaped another 500 points in 2011.

Full article here.

Super-GM Morozevich Crushes the Caro-Kann - Presented by GM Damian Lemos ... and more

An Answer to the Scandinavian Defense - IM Bryan Smith


An Answer to the Scandinavian Defense - IM Bryan Smith
Posted on April 09,2014 By OnlineChessLessons.NET Contributor in Chess Openings, All Articles w/ Videos. Tired of being stung by the Scandinavian? Let - IM Bryan Smith of ChessLecture show you the way. The Game features the opening. 2...Nf6 Scandinavian main line. He starts with Whites best move 3.d4 allowing the response 3...Bg4 known as the 'Portuguese Variation', he then goes on to analyze 4...Bf5 taken from Topalov Kamsky 2006 - Bryan explains how Topalov gains an easy space advantage then clearly demonstrates White's 'simple plan to cause Bla[...]

Immortal Game - INSANE King's Gambit with GM Mikhalevski
Posted on April 07,2014 By OnlineChessLessons.NET Contributor in Strategy & Game Review, Chess Openings, All Articles w/ Videos, Classic Games (Pre 2010). In the below chess video excerpt from the Empire Chess DVD ¨How Grandmasters Beat the King's Gambit¨, GM Victor Mikhalevski reviews the Immortal Game Anderssen vs Kieseritzky that is a stunning example of what can happen if you are not well-prepared to face the mass complications that arise very early in the game with the King's Gambit. This chess opening is extremely sharp and if black is going to play 1. e4 e5 then a thorough understanding of h[...]

Super-GM Morozevich Crushes the Caro-Kann - Presented by GM Damian Lemos
Posted on March 31,2014 By GM Damian Lemos in Strategy & Game Review, Chess Openings, All Articles w/ Videos, Classic Games (Pre 2010). Alexander Morozevich achieved elite status as a Super-GM very early in his career when he was only a teenager! Morozevich is well-known for the extremely creative and insanely aggressive style that has made him one of the most dangerous chess players since the 1990s. For over two decades Morozevich has scored inspired victories against the world's top players, often with the help of sideline systems that he has prepared very deeply. In the follow[...]

Double Rooks... Double Trouble! - Presented by FM Alisa Melekhina
Posted on March 27,2014 By OnlineChessLessons.NET Contributor in Strategy & Game Review, All Articles w/ Videos, General Chess Articles. Doubled rooks on the second-rank create a synergistic effect that allows players to harness their power and control the course of the game. FM Alisa Melekhina builds on fundamental stacked rook techniques and draws on three of her own tournament games against 2300+ opposition to demonstrate how to leverage potential mating nets and second-rank sweeps. The viewer will come away with a recognition of critical points in the middlegame transition pha[...]

OnlineChessLessons.net is a producer of thousands of free chess articles and free chess videos by FIDE chess masters. They recently released the renowned Empire Chess series that has been taking the chess world by storm. Please consider checking out their chess blog and chess shop with tons of free updated previews.

Chess Queen Hou Yifan leads Women's GP after 2

http://khantymansiysk2014.fide.com

Two Leaders, Many Challengers in KL International Open

With his second successive win in round six of the DYTM Raja Dr. Nazrin Shah KL International Open IM Mouthun Ly has joined GM Sergei Tiviakov on top of the leaderboard with 5/6 and is now also in contention for a GM title norm.

Ly beat fellow IM Nguyen Huynh Minh Huy while Tiviakov with the black pieces took a quick draw against John Paul Gomez. Both leaders will now meet in round seven.

WGM Medina Warda Aulia and WGM Irine Sukandar

Sharing third to eight places on 4.5/6 are Gomez, M.R. Venkatesh and Nguyen And Dung who drew each other, Niaz Murshed and Richard Bitoon who also drew each other, and Nguyen Van Huy who joins them after an easy win over Mari Joseph Turqueza.

Two young players who are impressing are 17 year old WGM Medina Warda Aulia and 15 year old FM Aravindh Chithambaram and are showing they easily belong amongst the group on 4/6. Both are unbeaten despite playing numerous grandmasters and are in contention for the International Master title norm.

Tournament website

Round 6 standings (top seeds):

1 GM Tiviakov Sergei NED 2651 – 5
2 IM Ly Moulthun AUS 2440 – 5
3 GM Gomez John Paul PHI 2524 – 4.5
4 GM Venkatesh M.R. IND 2515 – 4.5
5 GM Nguyen Anh Dung VIE 2453 – 4.5
6 GM Bitoon Richard PHI 2414 – 4.5
7 IM Nguyen Van Huy VIE 2423 – 4.5
8 GM Murshed Niaz BAN 2464 – 4.5
9 GM Atalik Suat TUR 2562 – 4
10 IM Ramnath Bhuvanesh.R IND 2408 – 4
11 GM Deepan Chakkravarthy J. IND 2515 – 4
12 WGM Medina Warda Aulia INA 2332 – 4
13 GM Laxman R.R. IND 2449 – 4
14 IM Nguyen Huynh Minh Huy VIE 2474 – 4
15 FM Aravindh Chithambaram VR. IND 2417 – 4
16 GM Dzhumaev Marat UZB 2496 – 4
17 IM Kuderinov Kirill KAZ 2448 – 4
18 FM Pascua Haridas PHI 2375 – 4
19 CM Setyaki Azarya Jodi INA 2181 – 4
20 GM Lazarev Vladimir FRA 2441 – 4
21 IM Nolte Rolando PHI 2417 – 4
22 GM Neelotpal Das IND 2428 – 4
23 FM Pitra Andika INA 2276 – 4
24 WGM Kulkarni Bhakti IND 2246 – 3.5
25 Montoya Edsel PHI 2185 – 3.5

1st Individual FIDE Zone (1.10) Championship 2014

The Cyprus Chess Federation and FIDE Zone 1.10, with the support of ECU and the FIDE Events Commission, are holding the 1st Individual FIDE Zone (1.10) Championship 2014 in Larnaca, Cyprus, on 21–30th April 2014.

The event is a twelve-player round-robin. Each member Federation is sending one player as its representative. The host Federation will have 2 players and the 12th player is selected from the top 3 players of the Zone.

The bulletin is available for download from Facebook

Participants (top seeds):

1. GM De La Riva Aguado Oscar AND 2529
2. IM Wiedenkeller Michael LUX 2475
3. GM Efimov Igor MNC 2395
4. IM Berend Fred LUX 2369
5. FM Berg Olaf FAI 2306

Tournament website

dfdfgdfg

dfgdfgdfgdf

14th Bangkok Chess Club Open – Participants

The 14th Bangkok Chess Club Open 2014 will take place from 12th to 19th of April 2014 at the 5-star Dusit Thani Bangkok Hotel. The event is organized by the Bangkok Chess Club.

There are two groups of play: Open category for all players, and Challenger category for players rated below 2100 or unrated (ratings based on FIDE ratings – national ratings will be validated by the organizer).

FIDE rules and regulations shall apply. Results will be sent for FIDE rating calculations, and are eligible for FIDE title norms.

Both groups will be played using the Swiss System, with 9 rounds for Open, and 7 rounds for Challenger.

Participants, Open (top seeds):

1. GM Vallejo Pons Francisco ESP 2693
2. GM Socko Bartosz POL 2635
3. GM Gustafsson Jan GER 2634
4. GM Barbosa Oliver PHI 2580
5. GM Atalik Suat TUR 2562
6. GM Gomez John Paul PHI 2524
7. GM Venkatesh M.R. IND 2515
8. GM Laylo Darwin PHI 2511
9. IM Liu Qingnan CHN 2500
10. GM Dzhumaev Marat UZB 2496
11. IM Karthikeyan Murali IND 2475
12. IM Thejkumar M. S. IND 2460
13. GM Schebler Gerhard GER 2451
14. GM Socko Monika POL 2450
15. IM Kuderinov Kirill KAZ 2448
16. GM Lazarev Vladimir FRA 2441
17. IM Kreisl Robert AUT 2435
18. IM Saptarshi Roy IND 2434
19. GM Torre Eugenio PHI 2427
20. IM Anurag Mhamal IND 2420

Rwanda: Chess Olympiad - Eight Through to Final Qualifying Round

Rwanda: Chess Olympiad - Eight Through to Final Qualifying Round
BY PONTIAN KABEERA, 10 APRIL 2014

EIGHT local chess players have advanced to the final round of the national qualifiers for the bi-annual International Chess Olympiad set for August in Tromso, Norway.

They include the reigning national champion Godfrey Kabera, who is tipped to grab one of the five slots that will be at stake. The final round of qualifiers is scheduled for May 1 to 10 at Kigali Institute of Science and technology (KIST).

En-route to the final round, Kabera defeated Theotime Rutaremara with a 27.5 score mark out of 30 in a very tight game played last Saturday at KIST.

"It was a tough game but I managed to get through it and I am optimistic of snatching a place on the national team for the World Olympiad," said Kabera, who is ranked 1909 internationally. He however noted that more preparations are still needed, "I still have to work very hard so as to improve my game and be able to stage a good performance in the Olympiad."

Despite the defeat, Rutaremara, one of the most experienced chess players in the country also qualified for the final round. Other players who reached the final round include; Alex Ruzigura, Fidele Mutabazi, Eugene Kagabo, Alain Niyibizi, Maxence Murara and

Jean Baptiste Hakizimana. Rwanda has previously participated in several Chess Olympiads but failed to impress - and the country is currently ranked 145th by the World

Chess Federation, behind regional giants Uganda at 105, Burundi at 128 and Kenya at 139.

Source: http://allafrica.com

Russia takes gold in European Senior Team Championship

The European Senior Team Championship 2014 was held from 1-9th April in Sibenik, Croatia. 36 teams competed in the 9-round Swiss event.

Russia 1 took a clear first place with 16 match points (8 wins and loss against Croatia) to claim another gold medal in this competition.

The winning team consisted of Grandmasters Semen Dvoirys, Evgeny Gleizerov, Alexei Gavrilov, Yuri Balashov and IM Vladimir Zhelnin.

Croatia is second with 14 points, while Slovakia claims the bronze after edging Bosnia and Herzegovina on tie-break.

Sibenik

Final standings:

1 RUSSIA 1 – 16 (29)
2 CROATIA – 14 (24)
3 SLOVAKIA – 13 (22.5)
4 BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA – Bosna chess club – 13 (21.5)
5 AUSTRIA – 12 (24)
6 SWEDEN 1 – 12 (21)
7 RUSSIA 2 – 11 (20.5)
8 ENGLAND 1 – 11 (20)
9 ITALIA – 10 (20.5)
10 GERMANY – Mattadore Rheinland – 10 (19)
11 FINLAND 1 – 10 (18.5)
12 DENMARK – 10 (18)
13 AUSTRIA – Niederoesterreich – 10 (17.5)
14 SCOTLAND 1 – 9 (19.5)
15 BELGIUM – 9 (19.5)
16 TURKEY – 9 (18)
17 AUSTRIA – Wien 1 – 9 (17.5)
18 WALES – Gwent – 9 (17)
19 FINLAND 2 – 9 (17)
20 GERMANY – Stiftung BSW / DBAG – 9 (16.5)
21 SWEDEN 3 – 9 (16.5)
22 FINLAND – Turku – 9 (16)
23 AUSTRIA – Wien 2 – 9 (15)
24 AUSTRIA – Steiermark – 8 (19)
25 NORWAY – Blindern Oldtimers – 8 (17)
26 SWEDEN 2 – 8 (16)
27 GERMANY – Freibauer Niedersachsen – 8 (15.5)
28 WALES – Dragons – 8 (15)
29 FINLAND – Botnia – 7 (17)
30 ENGLAND 2 – 7 (15)
31 SWEDEN 4 – 6 (17)
32 GERMANY – Saxony-Anhalt – 6 (15)
33 SWEDEN 5 – 6 (14.5)
34 SCOTLAND 2 – 5 (16.5)
35 GERMANY – Stiftung BSW / DBAG 2 – 3 (12.5)
36 FINLAND 3 – 2 (9.5)

Lunes de sangs: signes divins pour Israël ?

A partir du 15 Avril, et en l'espace d'un an et demie non allons avoir le droit à ce qu'on appelle 4 lunes de sang, un fait extrêmement rare. Voyons d'abord la version sioniste de cet événement, puis une version moins partisanne. Personnellement, le fait que John Hagee dise que la création de l'état d'Israël était surnaturelle me fait doucement sourire quand on connait l'histoire. Mais peu importe mon avis sur la question, que l'on y croit ou non, les lunes de sang seront probablement exploitées, soit par Dieu...soit par les hommes (comme ce fût déjà le cas à mon humble avis). Voyez donc cet article non comme un fait établi mais plutôt comme les sionistes (de tous bords) voient les choses. L'avenir nous dira ce qui nous attend. Fawkes

Suite de l'article »

Another big decisive day at the Women's Grand Prix in Khanty Mansiysk

Round 2 results

12 GM Kosteniuk Alexandra 2527 0 – 1 GM Kosintseva Tatiana 2496 7
8 WGM Batchimeg Tuvshintugs 2340 0 – 1 GM Hou Yifan 2618 6
9 GM Dzagnidze Nana 2550 ½ - ½ GM Muzychuk Anna 2560 5
10 GM Lagno Kateryna 2543 1 – 0 WGM Girya Olga 2450 4
11 WGM Muminova Nafisa 2321 1-0 GM Zhao Xue 2552 3
1 GM Stefanova Antoaneta 2489 1-0 GM Ushenina Anna 2501 2

http://khantymansiysk2014.fide.com

2 Hungarian Girls having fun

2 Hungarian girls having fun :)

Les repas des écoles sponsorisés par Michelle Obama en images: «Ces photos proviennent-t-elles du couloir de la mort?"

Une des "réussites" prétendues du mandat de Michelle Obama en tant que Première Dame des Etats-Unis a été d'aider les Américains à être en bonne forme et à bien manger.



Elle a lancé une vaste gamme d'initiatives gouvernementales visant à ce que les américains reçoivent des avantages nutritionnels, ainsi que des programmes de repas scolaires à travers le pays. Nulle part ailleurs les efforts de la Première Dame n'ont été aussi visibles que dans la cafétéria des écoles américaines.

Suite de l'article »

150 mercenaires de Greystone seraient déployés en Ukraine

Noé, un film pas biblique pour un sou

Tout d'abord, pour poser le décor, ce film a été produit par Arnon Milchan (New Regency), un ancien marchand d'armes et trafiquant de l'industrie nucléaire au service de Tel Aviv. Quand au réalisateur du film, il s'agit de Darren Aronofsky, un athée dont l'un des premiers films était PI, un film basé essentiellement sur la Kabbale. On comprend donc qu'il ne s'agit pas d'un casting de rêve pour un film censé représenter les écritures bibliques. On arrive au final à un film mensonger, qui déforme complètement l'histoire.



Un film ou Noé est dépeint comme un guerrier psychopathe haineux, ou son grand père a des pouvoirs magiques, ou ce sont des démons (les nephilims à la sauce Hollywoodienne) qui construisent l'arche à la place de Noé et surtout ou Dieu voudrait éradiquer définitivement l'homme de la terre. Mais pouvait-t-il en être autrement dans un film estampillé Hollywood? Fawkes

Suite de l'article »

A Lillers, même les murs ne supportent plus François Hollande :)

Scène insolite à Lillers (près de Béthune) : le traditionnel portrait du président de la république est tombé en plein discours d'intronisation du maire communiste.

Faut-il y voir une métaphore, un symbole ? La scène qui s'est déroulée à Lillers ce dimanche en plein conseil municipal a en tout cas fait rire. Une semaine après les mauvais résultats du Parti Socialiste aux élections municipales, le portrait de François Hollande s'est effondré juste derrière le maire Pascal Barois (PCF). Suite de l'article »

Top 30 des articles les plus lus

Aujourd'hui est un jour spécial pour le blog. Je tenais pour l'occasion a remercier les habitués qui sont là depuis le début ainsi que tous ceux qui ont pris le train en marche. Les informations que vous m'envoyez et vos témoignages de soutien me vont droit au cœur. Le blog a pas mal évolué en un an et évoluera peut être encore à l'avenir mais globalement, ce que je souhaitais mettre en place est opérationnel. Pour conclure, voici les 30 articles les plus consultés depuis la création du site.

Paul Walker a-t-il subi le même sort que Michael Hastings?

Suite de l'article »

Manuel Valls propose de "réduire de moitié le nombre de régions"

Voilà une mesure dans la plus pure tradition mondialiste qui risque encore d'être ultra impopulaire. Tant qu'à réduire les frais de moitié, pourquoi ne pas commencer par vos salaires et votre train de vie chers ministres? Donnez l'exemple...Non bien sur, ça n'arrivera pas. Fawkes



Pour son "grand oral" à l'Assemblée comme Premier ministre, Manuel Valls a annoncé 30 milliards d'euros d'allègements sur le coût du travail d'ici 2016.

Suite de l'article »

Le sondage qui en dit long: Seul 16% des américains savent où se trouve l'Ukraine

Une étude révèle que seul 16% des Américains savent où se trouve l'Ukraine. Ce sont précisément ceux qui n'ont pas la moindre idée de la localisation de ce pays dans le globe qui veulent le plus que les États-Unis amènent des forces militaires dans le pays.



La société Survey Sampling International (SSI) a interrogé 2066 Américains, leur demandant s'ils veulent que les États-Unis interviennent militairement dans le conflit en Ukraine.

Suite de l'article »

Laurent LOUIS révèle QUI dirige la presse en Belgique !

Censuré, insulté et dénigré par les médias belges, le député Laurent LOUIS révèle, devant les studios de RTL-TVI, le nom des quelques personnes qui règnent en maîtres sur les médias en Belgique. Des révélations choquantes et édifiantes !

De quoi réveiller ceux qui pensent que tout ce qui est dit à la télévision ou dans les journaux est vrai !

Les médias ne sont pas libres ! Les médias manipulent votre esprit !

Ne vous laissez plus berner, rejoignez le mouvement Debout les Belges en adhérant gratuitement sur http://www.deboutlesbelges.be







Source: Laurent Louis

Chemtrails: Dernière ligne droite pour le documentaire Overcast !

Voici un message du producteur d'Overcast qui fait appel à un dernier élan de soutient pour finaliser et promouvoir le documentaire !

Chers amis

Après des mois de travail intensif, de recherches, d'entretiens, de tournage et d'heures de montage, nous sommes pratiquement parvenu à la fin.

Suite de l'article »

Le Parlement andalou examine mercredi une loi qui obligerait les collèges à accepter que chaque enfant puisse choisir son sexe !

Le Parlement andalou voudrait approuver mercredi une proposition de loi concernant la « non-discrimination fondée sur l’identité de genre et la reconnaissance des droits des personnes transgenres ». La loi, promue entre autres par l’extrême gauche, les Verts et le groupe socialiste favorisera via le principe de « discrimination positive » l’emploi des personnes transgenres et les écoles devront considérer les élèves comme un garçon ou une fille selon leur désir et non la réalité de leur anatomie.

Suite de l'article »

La police invente l'interpellation pour attroupement d'une personne

La Russie met en garde l’OTAN contre un renforcement de la présence militaire en Europe de l’Est (MAJ)

Le pire dans cette histoire c'est que de nombreuses prophéties parlent bien d'une invasion soudaine de l'Europe par la Russie. Sauf que l'on constate que tout est fait du côté de l'OTAN pour sur cela se passe ainsi, ce n'est clairement pas une volonté propre de la Russie d'envahir l'Europe. Si c'était le cas, ils l'auraient fait depuis longtemps car ils en ont les moyens militaires.

C'est bien l'OTAN qui cherche à provoquer la Russie pour pouvoir enfin démarrer cette guerre qu'ils attendent tant. Cela saute aux yeux et bien sûr la technique habituelle de l'OTAN est de passer pour une victime. En attendant, la situation Ukrainienne leur échappe car aujourd'hui même, la région de Donetsk s'est auto-proclamée République populaire de Donetsk en attendant un référendum qui se tiendra avant le 11 Mai. Si un jour on en arrive à se faire pilonner par l'aviation russe, on saura à qui l'on doit cette folie: à nos propres dirigeants.



MAJ: La région de Jarkov, à proximité immédiate de Donetsk vient de faire la même chose et souhaite s'émanciper en devenant la république populaire de Jarjov. Un référendum serait à venir, sous tutelle de la Russie pour en garantir la sécurité. Quelles nouvelles gesticulations de l'OTAN cela va-t-il provoquer? Fawkes

Suite de l'article »

Les États-Unis et le Royaume-Uni utilisent les plates-formes sociales pour discréditer les gouvernements

D'après les nouvelle informations révélées par Snowden, les services de renseignements américains et de la Grande-Bretagne avaient planifié d'utiliser les plates-formes sociales comme Twitter, YouTube et Facebook pour répandre la désinformation et la propagande et aussi provoquer des manifestations (Ndt: ce qu'ils ont abondamment fait depuis d'ailleurs).

On savait déjà qu'en 2012, des analystes britanniques avaient demandé à l'Agence nationale de sécurité de surveiller Facebook, Twitter et YouTube et de recueillir les adresses IP des ordinateurs de millions d'utilisateurs. Mais peu de gens savent quand est née cette idée.

Suite de l'article »

the smart way

this is my first articl

okeeyyy

new articl for meee

Crimes génocidaires au Canada: Bergoglio (pape François 1er), Pachon (Supérieur Géneral des jésuites) et Welby (archevêque de Canterbury) devant la justice de droit coutumier

Tout ceci est à l’origine lié au travail sans relâche d’enquête de Kevin Annett pendant près de 20 ans, pour traduire en justice les assassins de plus de 50 000 enfants autochtones décédés lors du programme gouvernemental canadien des pensionnats pour indiens (Indian Residential Schools) entre les années 1820 et 1996 (date de fermeture du dernier de ces "pensionnats", camps d’extermination), écoles gérées par les élises catholique, anglicane et unifiée du canada.

A ce sujet, voir notre dossier "Génocide, pensionnats pour Indiens/Kevin Annett"

Nous avons traduit de larges extraits de son livre enquête, livre dont on ne sort pas indemne.

Article précédent sur l’affaire.

– Résistance 71 –

Suite de l'article »

Les bisons ne fuient pas Yellowstone

Depuis une semaine, une vidéo tourne sur la toile qui montre des bisons du parc de Yellowstone. Cette vidéo du 14 Mars dernier (soit plus de quinze jours avant le tremblement de terre du 30 Mars) montre tout au plus une trentaine de bisons courir le long d'une route. Cela a suffit a crée une polémique quand à une éventuelle éruption volcanique dans la région.



Suite de l'article »

La France laisse partir les terroristes français aller faire le djihad en Syrie

Extrait d'une émission de France 24 diffusée le 31 mars 2014 - l'Agence Info Libre ne détient pas les droits sur cette vidéo

Le terrorisme c'est mal. Enfin, sauf chez les autres !



Source: Info Libre

Starbucks, entre personnel sataniste et militantisme LGBT

Un employé de Starbucks dessine des signes sataniques dans les cafés de clients chrétiens !

Deux enseignants catholiques ont exprimé leur indignation après qu’un employé de la chaîne de café Starbucks ait dessiné deux symboles sataniques sur les cafés crèmes qu’ils avaient demandés.

Dimanche, après commande de leur café au Starbucks du centre commercial Mall of Louisiana à Bâton Rouge, Megan K. Pinon a publié sur les réseaux sociaux des photos montrant un pentagramme (étoile à 5 branches, symbole utilisé par les satanistes) et 666 (chiffre de la Bête, représentation du diable) dessinés avec du sirop candy sur la crème de leurs cafés.

Suite de l'article »

Faux antifascistes et Indymedia Paris soumis au détecteur de mensonge

Depuis quelques années nous avons vu fleurir de nombreux groupuscules se réclamant de la lutte antifasciste.

Ces activistes sont-ils les dignes héritiers de l’antifascisme historique, celui issu de la coalition de partis de gauche à l’origine de la formation du Front populaire qui, sous l’occupation, résista à l’Allemagne nazie et au régime de la collaboration ?

Mais s’agit-il de protestations de bonne foi ? Quelles sont leurs sources ? Leur raisonnement tient-il debout ? Qui se cache derrière ces pseudo "antifas"?

Suite de l'article »